Hey Susan, I guess I am first today! I'll send you some of my sunflower seeds (breaking all those import laws again). I had some lovely dark ones this year, all subtle coffee & deep orange shades, smaller than the standard flower head but just as tall.

Hope all is well. I too thought you'd gone and got a horse till I read the footnote yesterday! I thought, hang on a cotton pickin' minute...she never said!

I love your sunflower photos. I planted a row of sunflowers near my deck this summer and not one of them came up. But I did have a volunteer come up about twenty feet away in another flower bed. Weird...Happy Fall!blessings~*~

They really do have characters all their own...each has its own look on its face...Lovely! I found some seeds on the floor of my potting shed back in July and tossed them in the soil and they came out in gorgeous shades of deep reds and rusty tones...beautiful photos!

I plant sunflowers every year in my garden. They are great for attracting beneficial's like finches and lady bugs. It is also a good 'donation' to nature. I also enjoy growing some of the larger varieties which are easier to shell. I save them in 5 gallon buckets and feed them to the birds over winter. Oh and they make great 'live in' poles for beans and other vines. :)-Nathan

I used sunflowers in my wedding 15 years ago and still can't get enough of them. I love the smaller ones the best. Every now and then I get one that grows from the birdseed under the feeder and they always make me smile!

(ps - my word verification today is "saggy"...hope it's not trying to tell me something. I thought just earlier today that my back side was starting to get a bit saggy - hhhmmm.)

January 2013 update: I know word verification is a big pain, but it's the only way I can stop the ridiculous number of anonymous spam comments I get every day. I don't want to require commenters to be registered Blogger or Open ID users because I know many of you aren't. Thanks so much for your understanding!

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